The publishing business makes little logical sense. That’s because it’s part of the “entertainment business.” The first word, entertainment refers to emotion, while business refers
I’m in the process of updating all my slideshows on writing the novel and got the first four done: Idea, Conflict, Plot and Point of
There was a young girl who wanted to be a violinist. She practiced hard for many years. Finally, when she was a teenager, her hero,
The two are somewhat different. There are lots of writing books out there. It seems after a certain number of years writing, each author tries
This was what someone posted on a conference twitter thread that I recently spoke at. Of course, the speaker was moi. Making friends and sowing
Product, Platform, Promotion. We all rate differently on those three, therefore any writing advice we get has to be factored through our own personal situation.
Honestly, this is the hardest topic to discuss or teach. For example, I wrote New York Minute in omniscient, translucent, single character. Right. Got it?
It all starts with an idea. Which is not story. The two are different. Story can change. Idea can’t. Every idea has been done; but
I’ve seen a number of posts lately with writers dismayed at the state of the industry and their careers. Which actually, I’ve been hearing ever
The Hot Zone was a #1 bestseller when it came out in 1995. It also got me thinking. When we deployed overseas one of the
Writers tend to be insecure people. Don’t believe me? I don’t think you do. Why not? Seriously? Geez. But we can learn to be better.
